Election office opens for candidates to file

Candidates serving in the Anderson County area are filing until March 30 at noon at the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office, in the Bailes Building, in Anderson.

Lisa Campbell, Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office worker, opens the doors at 8:30 a.m. for candidates to file at the Bailes Building in Anderson. Candidates serving in Anderson County have until March 30 at noon to file.

State Rep. Josh Putnam, left, Rep. Don Bowen, Tom Allen, and Tommy Dunn turn in paperwork as candidates serving in Anderson County, at the Bailes Building in Anderson. Doors opened at 8:30 a.m. at the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office for candidates to file until March 30 at noon.

Laura Gambrell, left, voter services supervisor for the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office helps county councilman Eddie Moore, the first candidate to file at the Bailes Building in Anderson. Candidates serving in Anderson County have until March 30 at noon to file.

Lisa Campbell, Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office worker, prepares packages of information for candidates filing at the Bailes Building in Anderson.

Doors locked minutes before 8:30 a.m. Monday, when candidates could first file paperwork at the Bailes Building in Anderson. Candidates serving in Anderson County have until March 30 at noon to file.

Rep. Don Bowen, left, and county councilman Tom Allen file paperwork as candidates at the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office at the Bailes Building in Anderson.

County councilman Eddie Moore is the first candidate to arrive at the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office to file paperwork at the Bailes Building in Anderson.

Laura Gambrell, left, voter services supervisor for the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office helps county councilman Eddie Moore, the first candidate to file at the Bailes Building in Anderson, while Rep. Don Bowen waits in line.

Katy Smith, left, elections director, and Laura Gambrell, left, voter services supervisor, both with the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections office wait for the first of many candidates to file at the Bailes Building in Anderson. Candidates serving in Anderson County have until March 30 at noon to file.